About
Position
Currently, Rabbi Yonah is the Campus Rabbi at Hillel of Long Beach, Director of Jewlicious, and Jewish Student Services an initiative funded by The Deanna and Allen Alevy Family Foundation.
On The Web
rabbiyonah.com
Myspace.com/rabbiyonah
Jewlicious Festivals
Jewlicious.com
Kabbalywood.com
Bio
A dynamic teacher and community activist, Rabbi Yonah achieved international recognition as Director of The Ronald S. Lauder Foundation in Poland from 1998-2001. Rabbi Yonah has organized programs for Jewish students and young adults in ten countries. He is a former Fulbright Fellow, and completed a Masters degree in Polish-Jewish Studies at Oxford University and rabbinical studies at Ohr Somayach Yeshiva. He lives in Long Beach with his wife Rachel, Director of Hillel of Long Beach, and their four children.
Recent Work History
- Director Of Outreach & Programming for Poland, The Ronald S. Lauder Foundation-Poland, 1998—2001
Education
- Rabbinical Ordination, 2003, Ohr Somayach Yeshiva, Monsey, NY
- Darche Noam Yeshiva 1996-1998, Yerushalayim, Israel
- MA in Jewish Studies, with Honors, 1995, Oxford University, England
- BA in Jewish Studies, Magna Cum Laude, 1993, University of Oregon
- Fulbright Fellowship, Polish-Jewish Studies, 1993-4, Krakow, Poland
We are huge Rabbi YO fans! We can’t thank you enough for always being available to answer our millions of questions - wished we lived closer and could see the whole Bookstein clan more often — Mazel Tov on the newest addition… we can’t wait to meet him!
Tech-Geek Rabbi Yo has to be one of my best pals out there. Not only can we geek out about the latest gizmos, but he continues to be a guiding figure for my spiritual development. Thanks Yo.
Hi Rabbi Bookstein:
gut shabas - I am emailing before Shabbat as I think you and I have a mutual rav - Hanan Sills.
If you are the Rabbi Bookstein he speaks of, please email me after Shabbat, I’d like to visit a bit.
Shabbat Shalom,
jimmy kessler
galveston, texas
galvreb@swbell.net
[...] attend the Jewlicious Festival 3.0. As the festivities grew near, David and Oyster coordinated with Rabbi Yonah, Jewlicious Festival Director, on how to get as many people from Nor-Cal to attend the festival. [...]